Bibliograph

Pure, inside the Evangelical movement that shamed a generation of young women and how I broke free, Linda Kay Klein

Type

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Pure, inside the Evangelical movement that shamed a generation of young women and how I broke free, Linda Kay Klein

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-321) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pure

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1041194565

Responsibility statement

Linda Kay Klein

Sub title

inside the Evangelical movement that shamed a generation of young women and how I broke free

Summary

From a woman who has been there and back, the first inside look at the devastating effects evangelical Christianity's purity culture has had on a generation of young women--in a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir. In the 1990s, a "purity industry" emerged out of the white evangelical Christian culture. Purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a dangerous message: girls are potential sexual "stumbling blocks" for boys and men, and any expression of a girl's sexuality could reflect the corruption of her character. This message traumatized many girls--resulting in anxiety, fear, and experiences that mimicked the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder--and trapped them in a cycle of shame

Table Of Contents

Movement I: The stumbling blocks -- Sin, psychosis, or system -- The lie -- Pure destruction -- Sexual violence, classified -- Movement II: Stumbling through church -- Man-made girls -- The virgin -- The tigress -- Family values -- The stained-glass ceiling -- Movement III: Stumbling out of church -- Trapped -- Frozen -- The G(od) spot -- Dementor -- Movement IV: How we get over -- Going home -- The no shame movement -- Sanctuary

Target audience

adult

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